Balfour, Amy C.

Summary: Showcasing 50 of the Americas' greatest road trips across North and South America as well as the Caribbean, you'll discover classic drives including the Pacific Coast Highway, Gaspesie Loop in Canada and the Hana Highway in Hawaii, plus lesser-known routes. We cover a huge variety of themes and experiences across drives that range from a few hours to a week or more.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.304 BAL

Noir, Michel

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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 NOI

McNeese, Tim

Summary: For thousands of years, before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans, the vast American landscape was home to millions of Native Americans, whose ancestors still remain on the land today. They formed a wide variety of regional cultures, dotting the unspoiled environs stretching from the stark, red rock formations of the Southwest to the thick forestlands of the Northeast....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing Group 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.004 MCN
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 970.004 MCN

Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)

Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin presents twenty-four 30-minute lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 CON

Brubaker, Ed.

Summary: Steve Rogers works to free his ex-partner from an international conspiracy's web of lies while Bucky Barnes fights for his life in a Russian gulag.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2012

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRU

Brill, Marlene Targ.

Summary: Explores the political, social, cultural and economic developments that shaped America during the 1980s and highlights the people, inventions, innovations and landmark events that defined the decade.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.927 BRI

Brubaker, Ed.

Summary: Bucky has survived his first major trial as the new Captain America, but now a villain from his past - both as Bucky in WW2 and as the Winter Soldier during the Cold War - has come to the U.S., and he'll have to face his history just as he's finding his feet in the present. The beginning of a gripping war and espionage tale, as the New Captain America moves further into the Marvel Universe.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2009

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRU

Harris, Duchess

Summary: June 18, 1969. A police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a popular gathering place for LGBTQ individuals in New York City, turned into a riot. Drag queens and trans women of color were the first to fight back. Violence continued for the next six days. This is recognized as the beginning of the LGBTQ rights movement. Harris and Lundin examine how social movements have made an impact at local, state,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 323.3 HAR

Tocqueville, Alexis de

Summary: Describes the unprecedented "equality of conditions" the author found in the United States during his visit in 1831-32, and provides enduring insight into the political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.8 TOC

Lindop, Edmund.

Summary: Provides accounts of key events that occurred during the 1950s in the areas of science, technology, transportation, the economy, society, literature, art and architecture, fashion, stage and screen, music, sports and recreation, and war, and includes photographs and primary sources.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.921 LIN

Richards, Marlee.

Summary: Discusses the political, economic, social, cultural, and technology landscape of the United States in the eighth decade of the 20th century.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.924 RIC

Lindop, Edmund.

Summary: Presents the social, political, economic, and technological changes in the United States during the nineteen sixties, including the civil rights movement, the popularization of rock music, and the expedition to the Moon.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.923 LIN

Kellaher, Karen

Summary: A sprawling land that encompasses everything from icy tundra and green forests to bone-dry deserts and rocky mountain peaks, North America is a beautiful continent with a rich and fascinating history. Readers will get to know the whole continent as they tour its rugged natural landscapes and densely populated cities. Along the way, they will encounter unique wildlife, get a taste of the local...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970 KEL

Brill, Marlene Targ.

Summary: Looks at life in the United States in the 1990s, discussing notable people, events and developments in politics, society, the economy, culture and technology.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.928 BRI

Parkman, Francis

Contents: v. 1. Pioneers of France in the New World. The Jesuits of North America in the seventeenth century. La Salle and the discovery of the Great West. The old râegime in Canada -- v. 2. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV. A half-century of conflict. Montcalm and Wolfe.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. 1983

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Amer NF Parkman v.2

Hearn, Lafcadio

Contents: Some Chinese ghosts -- Chita: a memory of last island -- Two years in the French West Indies -- Youma: the story of a West-Indian slave -- Selected journalism -- Letters.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 HEA

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Publisher / Publication Date: LIBRARY OF AMERICA 1997

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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC CRI

Josephson, Judith Pinkerton.

Summary: Describes what life was like for young people moving to and living on the western frontier.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2002

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 JOS